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Discussing your wishes with regards to life and death issues can be as uncomfortable and controversial as discussing politics or religion.

The Death With Dignity Act (DWDA) became Oregon State law in 1997. Based on 2007 figures, 341 persons have died under the law; 15.6 DWDA deaths per 10,000 total deaths.

In New York, in the absence of a patient's competence to express wishes about treatment, only written Advance Directives allow doctors to remove life support measures.

Dorothy "Del" Martin, a co-founder of Daughters of Bilitis and former editor of The Ladder, dies in San Francisco.

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